georgia's president rejects the ruling party's announcement that it won saturday's parliamentary election. hello, i'm helena humphrey. iran has called for an urgent meeting of the un security council to discuss israel's airstrikes on the country. it comes a day after israeli forces launched a series of strikes, saying thery targeted air defences and missile sites. ayatollah ali khamenei, iran's supreme leader, said the attacks should neither be �*downplayed, nor exaggerated'. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the strikes, which were a response to iranian missiles fired at his country at the start of the month, were precise and achieved all objectives. meanwhile, questions linger about how israel keeps its people safe from threats inside the country — following a suspected terror attack in tel aviv.

this report from our middle east correspondent lucy williamson contains scenes you may find distressing. for iranian crowds, responding to israel is simple. the slogan "death to israel" hasn't changed for generations. but for iranian leaders in this new era of direct confrontation, the question of how to respond is far more complex. the consequences far more unsure. iran's supreme leader said israel's bombing of military sites this week was an evil act. translation: of course they are exaggerating it. | their exaggeration is wrong. but downplaying this is wrong too. it is wrong to say it was trivial and not important. israel's conflict with iran is just one front in a wider regional war. at a memorial ceremony for israeli victims today, the prime minister said the recent strike on iran was precise and powerful and achieved all its goals.

harder, perhaps, to tackle threats at home. a truck driven at speed into a bus full of pensioners arriving to visit a military base. the driver shot and killed moments before this video was filmed by a passenger. rescuers struggled to free people trapped under the truck. all were later taken to hospital. police say the driver had an israeli id and lived half an hour's drive from here. israel is already fighting wars with its enemies on multiple fronts, but incidents like this highlight its vulnerability at home and raise the question of how to protect against attack by those already living inside israel who use vehicles as weapons. police say they're treating this as a terror attack. old threats here resurfacing amid fresh fears that israel's wars are coming home.

lucy williamson, bbc news, in central israel. authorities in lebanon say an israeli air strike on the southern city of sidon has killed at least nine people. another 25 were wounded. a bbc reporter on the ground says the strike hit an apartment block and nearby vehicles, and that israel did not issue an evacuation warning beforehand. separately, the israeli army says four soldiers were killed during fighting with hezbollah in southern lebanon early on sunday. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has been heckled by the families of some of those killed in the october 7th attacks. he was speaking at a ceremony injerusalem, which was being broadcast live, when those attending interrupted him and shouted "shame on you". sunday marked the one—year anniversary on the hebrew calendar of the hamas attacks in israel, in which about 1,200 people were killed and 251 others taken hostage . david makovsky, distinguished fellow and director of the koret project on arab—israel relations at the washington institute

for near east policy. after those strikes by israel, i asked him what might happen next between israel and iran. i think the biden administration has worked hard behind the scenes with european allies and others to try to signal a kind of an off ramp, a de—escalation strategy. iran started this with 200 ballistic missiles on october the 1st, all within an hour and i think it's been the highest bombardment in their history in such a short period over such a small area and then israel retaliated almost a month later this weekend. and i think both sides have made clear that that's it for now and even though the rhetoric never closes the door and i am not here to say they will not be some sort of war of attrition that everyone would like to avoid, but i don't think the sides, each with their own reasons want to engage in a full out war at this time and

we've seen the worst of it for now, but clearly it could resume at a later point down the road. let's touch a bit on the situation in gaza because the united states has said the killing of yahya sinwar presents an opportunity for a conclusion of that war and i wonder if you think that benjamin netanyahu sees things that way? i think the egyptian proposal this weekend is interesting and it sounds very small and may be many viewers watching will miss it but it would be a couple of days of ceasefire to get some hostages out, some palestinian prisoners out in ten days to see if you can build on that. it is clear, the conceptual point is this. hamas wants israel to commit now it is leaving from gaza and the prime minister has not been willing to say that and we've been going round and round and it's basically that conceptual divide and now, today is the

first day of talks with bill burt, the head of the cia and some of the israelis and the qataris, but the question is how do you get out of this conceptual impasse and i think the egyptian proposal is to somehow start somewhere and it is implicitly conceding the point that sinwar was an obstacle when he was in a tunnel somewhere and i think now in the wake of his death there might be some creative ideas, like we heard from the president of egypt this weekend. we heard reports of strikes in lebanon according to our bbc correspondent, without evacuation orders, you might�*ve seen comments from the un saying what is happening in gaza now is the darkest hour of this conflict. do you think that puts

any further pressure on israel, particuarly from the likes of western allies, the us, uk and so on? sway in israel and israel is convinced the un is rigged against israel do matter what they say so identikit will change much but from the background we hear from journalists that the northern commanders of israel are saying that what they are doing in the south is, in southern lebanon, is coming to an end of the coming days but the question is, who do you turn this over to? so you can bring 68,000 israelis back to their homes and bring them back to southern lebanon and i think the ways to get the lebanese armed forces to deploy in the south but that is something they are not wanting to do, take on whatever the remnants are. and i think that is the core, doesn't want be an occupier in southern lebanon they want to get out and they want

to give over to someone they can trust the rockets don't keep falling on their land and they can bring people back to their homes. and the people in southern lebanon have suffered as well. turning now to the us presidential election — which is just over a week away. both candidates making a big final push for votes. in the last hour, republican donald trump wrapped a rally in his home state of new york. thousands of people gathered at madison square garden in manhattan — seen as one of the highest—profile events in his campaign. there was a long list of guests which included speaker of the house mikejohnson, billionaire elon musk, and mr trump's running—mate senatorjd vance. there, he made one of his final pitches to voters. i am here today with a message of hope for all americans. with your vote in this election, iwill end inflation. i will stop the invasion of criminals coming into our country. and i will bring back

the american dream. we need the american dream to come back home. our country will be bigger, better, bolder, richer, safer and stronger than ever before. 0ur north america correspondent gary 0'donoghue was at that rally in new york. he has been hitting his key messages on inflation, the economy and taxation but mainly on the question of immigration and his promise to deport millions of people from day one to close the borders and free people in jail, calling for the death sentence for any migrant that kills an american and ten years in jail for anyone who crosses back having been thrown out of the country. there were many members of congress here tonight to support donald trump but they all know that the polls are too close to call. this thing is still winnable by either donald

trump or kamala harris. nobody knows the outcome. everything will be decided, tuesday week. meanwhile vice president kamala harris is in pennsylvania — one of the battleground states that could decide how this election plays out. the democratic nominee has been making the rounds through the city of philadelphia — where she attended a church service, stopped by a bookstore, a youth basketball facility, and a puerto rican restau ra nt. ms harris later held a rally to cap off the day, where she brought up the conflict in the middle east — a key issue to voters who are unhappy with the biden administation�*s response to the israel—gaza war. i want to talk about gaza for a minute. 0k? we can and we must seize this opportunity to end this war and bring the hostages home. and i will do everything in my power to meet that end. the labour mp mike the labour mp mike amesbury has been amesbury has been suspended from the party suspended from the party

and had the whip removed, and had the whip removed, after new footage emerged that after new footage emerged that appeared to show him punching appeared to show him punching a man in the early a man in the early hours of saturday. hours of saturday. cheshire police said a 55 year cheshire police said a 55 year old man has been voluntarily old man has been voluntarily interviewed under caution, interviewed under caution, and released pending and released pending further enquiries. further enquiries. 0ur political correspondent 0ur political correspondent harry farley has the latest. harry farley has the latest. in the top right of this in the top right of this footage, you can see footage, you can see mike amesbury talking to a man. mike amesbury talking to a man. we can't hear what was said, we can't hear what was said, but the labour mp appears but the labour mp appears to punch him and then to punch him and then hit him another five times hit him another five times while he's on the ground. after he felt threatened. while he's on the ground. yesterday, this video, yesterday, this video, apparently of the same apparently of the same incident, emerged incident, emerged on social media. on social media. yes, iam. yes, iam. and you won't threaten the mp and you won't threaten the mp ever again, will you? ever again, will you? cheshire police said they were cheshire police said they were called to reports of an assault called to reports of an assault just before 3 am just before 3 am on saturday morning. on saturday morning. mr amesbury has now been mr amesbury has now been voluntarily interviewed under caution by police voluntarily interviewed under caution by police and released pending and released pending further enquiries. further enquiries. he hasn't responded he hasn't responded to requests for comment to requests for comment today, but yesterday today, but yesterday wrote on social media wrote on social media that the incident took place that the incident took place

after he felt threatened. insurance contributions. there's been criticism

of the government's definition of �*working people'. it does not include people it does not include people whose main source of income whose main source of income is from shares and property. is from shares and property. the conservatives say labour the conservatives say labour is breaking promises it made is breaking promises it made during the election campaign. during the election campaign. funding issues mean funding issues mean thousands of patients?are thousands of patients?are waiting for places in hospices waiting for places in hospices for end of life care, according for end of life care, according to the charity hospice uk. to the charity hospice uk. 0ne provider told the bbc that 0ne provider told the bbc that since april, 73 people since april, 73 people joined their waiting list, joined their waiting list, but 32 of them had but 32 of them had died while waiting. died while waiting. the department of health said the department of health said the government inherited huge the government inherited huge problems in the sector, problems in the sector, and that it will take and that it will take time to fix them. time to fix them. been killed in attacks newly released photos newly released photos of a young prince william show him visiting a homeless of a young prince william show him visiting a homeless charity with his mother princess diana in 1993. charity with his mother it's part of a new documentary about the prince of wales, where he discusses his where he discusses his determination to find ways determination to find ways to tackle homelessness. to tackle homelessness. you're live with bbc news. you're live with bbc news. the united nations the united nations humanitarian coordinator in sudan says she's deeply humanitarian coordinator in sudan says she's deeply troubled by reports of rising troubled by reports of rising violence in gezira state. violence in gezira state.

at least 124 people have at least 124 people have been killed in attacks across the gezira state.

so what we're hearing is that, the attacks were prompted by the defection of a regional by the defection of a regional commander of the rsf who has commander of the rsf who has now gone back to the military now gone back to the military because initially he was just because initially he was just a senior army officer. a senior army officer. and so he defected on sunday and so he defected on sunday alongside with a couple of alongside with a couple of members of his troops. members of his troops. and this now triggered and this now triggered the wave of attacks. the wave of attacks. so we don't have the official so we don't have the official toll so far because of toll so far because of a communication blackout a communication blackout in that particular region. in that particular region. but the situation seems to be but the situation seems to be very dire from what we've heard very dire from what we've heard from doctors unions and also from doctors unions and also from a network of activists in the region. joining me live cameron hudson a senior fellow for the africa program at the center for strategic and international studies from a network of thanks for being with us. we have heard the comments from the senior un officials say she is deeply troubled by reports of, quote, atrocious crimes including in central gezira including in central gezira including the mass killing of civilians by the rsf, something they have denied but what more

have you been hearing from doctors unions and also from a networi hearing about the have you been hearing about the situation on the ground? the one thing _ situation on the ground? the one thing we _ situation on the ground? tue: one thing we know situation on the ground? he one thing we know for situation on the ground? tt2 one thing we know for sure is there's been a flood of social media comment coming out of gezira state and the people are able to upload photos of what has been going on and what we are seeing is the systematic targeting and destruction of civilian life in that state. this is a state where you don't have a that? t

this is a state where you don't have a i that?— interpret that? i think what it shows is that _ interpret that? i think what it shows is that this _ interpret that? i think what it shows is that this is - interpret that? i think what it shows is that this is a - shows is that this is a zero—sum game right now and this is not strategic in the violence in the fighting is not strategic in any way for either side in this. what we're seeing right now are retribution killings by the rapid support forces for the departure of this former general of theirs. and there really is no reason for it, especially given there is no military target in this area right now. they are simply trying to kill and terrorise people on a massive scale. talking about that, we have heard reports of sexual violence being used against women and girls. tell us more about what you have heard on that front and how it can be used as a weapon of war. this is the stock — used as a weapon of war. this is the stock in _ used as a weapon of war. this is the stock in trade _ used as a weapon of war. this is the stock in trade of - used as a weapon of war. tt 3

is the stock in trade of the rapid support forces going back to the days when they were the militia carrying out much the same kind of crimes across gah for 20 years ago and they face no consequences for those crimes 20 years ago and here they are again reconstituted under the name rapid support forces but essentially carrying out the same crimes, destroying livelihoods, targeting women, raping and killing and enlisting into sexual slavery even. really horrific medieval crimes that are going unpunished and unchecked and they are quite beleaguered but most importantly by the international community, there's been no statements of condemnation in response to the latest wave of violence in the gezira state in the international community say for the un which spoke up this the un which spoke up this weekend. the un which spoke up this weekend-— weekend. the un which spoke up this weekend-— the un which spoke up this weekend. ~ , ., ,, ~' . weekend. why do you think that is? these reports _ the un which spoke up this weekend. ~ , ., ,, ~' . weekend. why do you think that is? these reports _ weekend. why do you think that is? these reports are _ weekend. why do you think that weekend. why do you think that is? these reports are _ weekend. why do you think that is? these reports are horrific i is? these reports are horrific and it's been going on for 18 is? these reports are horrific i is? these reports are horrific and it's been going on for 18

months, so why is it not months, so why is it not getting that attention? for getting that attention? for countries _ getting that attention? for countries like _ getting that attention? for countries like the - getting that attention? fr?" countries _ getting that attention? for countries like _ getting that attention? for countries like the - getting that attention? fr?" countries like the united states, they've been trying to countries like the united states, they've been trying to carve a middle ground for carve a middle ground for themselves, trying to be seen themselves, trying to be seen as mediators between the two as mediators between the two warring factions and trying not warring factions and trying not to take sides, so they are very to take sides, so they are very cautious about when they speak cautious about when they speak out because they feel if they out because they feel if they speak out against the rapid speak out against the rapid support forces for these support forces for these crimes, when the government crimes, when the government might bomb civilian targets might bomb civilian targets that it has to speak out then that it has to speak out then and i think it's become very and i think it's become very judicious in when and where it judicious in when and where it speaks out because it's trying speaks out because it's trying to reserve a notion it can to reserve a notion it can mediate a ceasefire and police mediate a ceasefire and police —— peace agreement that the —— peace agreement that the facts demonstrate neither side facts demonstrate neither side is interested in making peace is interested in making peace and they are only interested in and they are only interested in the kind of crimes the rsfsr the kind of crimes the rsfsr committing across gezira state committing across gezira state and unfortunately there's been and unfortunately there's been no call for punitive measures no call for punitive measures or isolation or anything like or isolation or anything like

that to spoke up this that to limit the civilian casualties that are unfolding right now.

physical assault on observers attending to report on violations. but international observers have now confirmed that vote violations were widespread. a climate of hatred... even so, georgia's prime minister, irakli kobakhidze, insists the election was free and fair. the opposition says that you falsified the results and stole the election. they say it in each and every case. but there were lots of reports of election fraud. irregularities happen everywhere, in every country. if you look at the reports in different country — international observers' reports — there are many irregularities. we're notjust talking about voting irregularities, but also there was violence? there was an incidence happening injust a couple of precincts. in more than 3,100 precincts,

the environment was completely peaceful. considering the political battles building, tbilisi felt strangely calm. to some here, the ruling party georgian dream means stability and they have no complaints. everything's perfect, murat says. "this election went well." but many fear georgia's drift away from europe and into russia's orbit. i want this. you want to be with europe? yes. and is that possible now? after the election? after the election, it cannot be. sorry. i don't know. we sawjust one protester outside parliament. the georgian opposition is counting on many more. steve rosenberg, bbc news, tbilisi.

a snap election injapan has seen the governing coalition suffer a rare defeat. the prime minister, shigeru ishiba, who called the poll after taking office last month, described the result as a tough ride for his scandal—hit party. he called the snap election after becoming prime minister last month. it's not clear who will form the next government, or how. 0ur tokyo correspondent shaima khalil has this analysis. japan's voters have sent a strong message to the ruling party and have punished them at the ballot box and the ldp, even with the best estimates is unlikely to achieve a single party majority and will have to form a coalition and they have done it before but always from a point of strength. now japan's strongest party has been significantly weakened. shigeru ishiba has gambled — he made a political gamble when he called for the snap election and wanted a new mandate and a fresh start and wanted to tell people the ruling party has changed, but that has backfired. he and the ldp have a misread the extent of the public anger at a ruling party that has been

tarnished and embroiled in a scandal when it mishandled when it was revealed prosecutors have been investigating dozens of ldp lawmakers for pocketing what amounted to millions of dollars of fund money and not revealing it for taxation over a period of five years. all the while japanese people, the voters, have been struggling with a stagnant economy, inflation, rising prices and wages that have not changed. the opposition have made significant gains in the election but this is not about the opposition's appeal, it is about anger at the ldp. the party that has governed japan for most of its post—war era now has to find a way to keep governing japan but from now on it is going to be concessions, negotiations with other parties about who will form a coalition with them. it's a very humbling position to be in, in a very unstable political environment. this is concerning notjust for the japanese voters but for allies and investors watching from the outside. in this election, the ldp lost the single party majority

but in this election nobody really won. stay with us here on bbc news you can always go to the live web page. and there you can see the latest on trump's final pitch to voters and harass campaign events as well. goodbye for now. hello. there was quite a bit of sunshine across england and wales on sunday, but it was shoeburyness in essex that was the sunniest spot, managing 8.5 hours of sunshine, with those sunny skies extended up the eastern coast of england here in robin hood's bay looking absolutely glorious.

further west we had cloud thicken and outbreaks of rain moved into northern ireland, west scotland and the isle of man, which was the wettest place in the country. a lot of cloud streaming across the atlantic at the moment. that is all coming our way on these west to southwesterly winds, dragging in some pretty mild air, but bringing us weather fronts as well. and so at the moment we do have outbreaks of rain pushing eastwards across the uk. one or two heavy bursts mixed in with that and a lot of low clouds. there will be some mist and fog patches around our western coast and up over the high ground too. these are the kind of temperatures starting off monday morning, 11 to 1a degrees for most. it is going to be a mild monday, but a cloudy and damp start to the day. there will be extensive outbreaks of rain and drizzle initially. now, some of that rain and drizzle will tend to ease off in scotland and northern ireland through the afternoon, but it will stay mainly cloudy, still a few patches of drizzle across england and wales, and still quite murky for wales and western england. around the hills and the coast.

0ur temperatures on the mild side, 15 to 16 degrees. a bit cooler in lerwick, but at least here you might actually get to see some sunshine. heading into tuesday, we have the remnants of these weather fronts lying across the uk, so there'll be probably some mist and fog patches to start the day. a lot of cloud around. still a few patches of drizzle for england and wales. you might well see a few breaks in the cloud and a bit of sunshine coming through at times, but very much hit or miss in nature. temperatures around 15 to 17 celsius for most of us. high pressure then builds in for the middle part of the week wednesday and thursday, but there's probably still going to be quite a bit of cloud trapped underneath this. now, with lighter winds, you're more likely to see mist and fog patches to start the day on wednesday and some of that could be very slow to clear, perhaps hanging around even into the early part of the afternoon. it is, however, a mostly dry day, and there could well be some sunny spells developing by the time we get to the afternoon. it's still mild with temperatures around 15 or 16 celsius. the high pressure stays with us really through the rest of this week, but still bringing rather cloudy weather, perhaps the weather turning gradually

a bit brighter into the weekend and a bit cooler across northern areas.

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hello and welcome to unspun world, here at the bbc�*s headquarters in central london. what's israel's plan for iran and gaza, and what do the other countries in the region think about it? stability is what all these countries want, essentially. they want justice for the palestinians, undeniably, and they would see that as part of the stability that there would be. with the global economy showing modest green shoots, are there reasons to be a bit more optimistic for a change? given the extraordinary crises the economy, world politics has been through, then the world economy has proven to be quite resilient. 0n the international stage, italy's far—right prime minister seems a bit more moderate than people expected, but what direction is she taking at home? giorgia meloni is somebody

who has always referred to herself as a christian mother.